How would you sell the benefits of this job?

Northern Rock has recently appointed a human resources (HR) director, due to start with the firm in September. If you had this job on your books, with all the bad press Northern Rock has experienced over the last year - how would you encourage applications?

Richard Smelt joins the firm with more than 20 years experience in HR management. He was most recently group HR director with Carphone Warehouse.

Ron Sandler, Executive Chairman of Northern Rock, said: "The company is going through a major restructuring exercise and his considerable HR expertise will be invaluable as we move forward. " Well that is one way of putting it! I guess there are challenging times ahead for Smelt, we wish him lots of luck and of course if he needs to recruit personnel externally then he should consider advertising on our niche jobs-board network to keep the recruiting costs down.

Featured Job - Employment Consultant

Employment Consultant

The Regular Forces Employment Association exists to help men and women of all ranks from the Armed Forces to find and remain in work throughout their working lives.
We are looking for a self starter with extensive knowledge of the Armed Forces and experience in commerce and industry to work in our London office. Your role will be to place Ex-Servicemen and women into appropriate employment.

You must have excellent communication skills and be prepared to work to targets and deadlines. You must also be willing to travel around the capital and environs to meet with employers to market the services of RFEA. You must have IT skills to ECDL level, a current driving licence, live within easy travelling distance of London, and have excellent knowledge of the employment market preferably with existing employer contacts. Marketing, sales or recruitment experience would be an advantage.

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Work Place Bullying: What are your thoughts?

The government defines work place bullying as follows:

"Bullying includes abuse, physical or verbal violence, humiliation and undermining someone’s confidence."

You are probably being bullied if, for example, you’re:

constantly picked onhumiliated in front of colleagues / regularly unfairly treated / physically or verbally abused / blamed for problems caused by others / always given too much to do, so that you regularly fail in your work

Bullying can be face-to-face, in writing, over the phone or by fax or email. Workers across the UK suffer from bullying in all its horrid forms. A UNISON survey estimated that up to 5 million people are bullied at work in the UK. The net result of this is 18.9 million work days lost to the distress and pain caused. The Andrea Adams Trust is the world's only non-political, non-profit making charity operating as the focus for the diverse and complex problems caused by bullying behaviour in the workplace. They offer excellent advice to anyone who thinks they are being bullied.

Are you a victim or have you experienced Bullying in the Work Place?